Events

680 – Battle of Karbala: Hussain bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated by forces under Caliph Yazid I. This is commemorated by Muslims as Aashurah.

732 – Battle of Tours: Near Poitiers, France, the leader of the Franks, Charles Martel and his men, defeat a large army of Moors, stopping the Muslims from spreading into Western Europe. The governor of Cordoba, Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, is killed during the battle.

1471 – Battle of Brunkeberg in Stockholm: Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by Christian I, King of Denmark.

1575 – Battle of Dormans: Roman Catholic forces under Duke Henry of Guise defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.

1580 – After a three-day siege, the English Army beheads over 600 Irish and Papal soldiers and civilians at Dún an Óir, Ireland.

1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

1631 – A Saxon army takes over Prague.

1780 – The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000-30,000 in the Caribbean.

1845 – In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later renamed the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 midshipmen students and seven professors.

1860 – The original cornerstone of the University of the South is laid in Sewanee, Tennessee.

1868 – Carlos Céspedes issues the Grito de Yara from his plantation, La Demajagua, proclaiming Cuba's independence

1911 – The Wuchang Uprising leads to the demise of Qing Dynasty, the last Imperial court in China, and the founding of the Republic of China.

1911 – The KCR East Rail commences service between Kowloon and Canton.

1913 – President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike thus ending construction on the Panama Canal.

1920 – The Carinthian Plebiscite determines that the larger part of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.

1933 – United Airlines Chesterton Crash: A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.

1935 – A coup d'état by the royalist leadership of the Greek Armed Forces takes place in Athens. It overthrows the government of Panagis Tsaldaris and establishes a regency under Georgios Kondylis, effectively ending the Second Hellenic Republic.

1938 – The Munich Agreement cedes the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany.

1942 – The Soviet Union establishes diplomatic relations with Australia.

1943 – Double Tenth Incident in Japanese controlled Singapore

1944 – Holocaust: 800 Gypsy children are murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp.

1945 – The Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang signed a principle agreement in Chongqing about the future of post-war China. Later, the pact is commonly referred to as the Double-Ten Agreement.

1957 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Delaware restaurant.

1957 – The Windscale fire in Cumbria, U.K. is the world's first major nuclear accident.

1963 – France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.

1964 – The opening ceremony at The 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, is broadcast live in the first Olympic telecast relayed by geostationary communication satellite.

1967 – The Outer Space Treaty, signed on January 27 by more than sixty nations, comes into force.

1970 – Fiji becomes independent.

1970 – In Montreal, Quebec, a national crisis hits Canada when Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte becomes the second statesman kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group.

1971 – Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

1972 – The 1972 Chicago commuter rail crash, killing 48, occurs due to foggy conditions, the accident push for changes in Chicago commuter rail, such as brightly colored ends on the cars.

1973 – Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with federal income tax evasion.

1975 – Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.

1985 – United States Navy F-14 fighter jets intercept an Egyptian plane carrying the ''Achille Lauro'' cruise ship hijackers and force it to land at a NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily where they are arrested.

1986 – An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale strikes San Salvador, El Salvador, killing an estimated 1,500 people.

1997 – An Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashes and explodes near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, killing 74.

1998 – A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people.

2006 – The Greek city of Volos floods in one of the prefecture's worst recorded floods.

2008 – The 10 October 2008 Orakzai bombing kills 110 and injures 200 more.

2009 – After having closed borders for about two hundred years, Armenia and Turkey sign protocols in Zurich, Switzerland to open their borders.

2010 – The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved.

Births

1344 – Mary Plantagenet, English princess (d. 1362)

1567 – Infanta Caterina Micaela of Spain (d. 1597)

1678 – John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish soldier (d. 1743)

1684 – Antoine Watteau, French painter (d. 1721)

1700 – Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759)

1731 – Henry Cavendish, British scientist (d. 1810)

1780 – John Abercrombie, Scottish physician (d. 1844)

1794 – William Whiting Boardman, American politician (d. 1871)

1813 – Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (d. 1901)

1819 – Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger, German theologian (d. 1883)

1825 – Paul Kruger, President of the Transvaal Republic (d. 1904)

1828 – Samuel J. Randall, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1890)

1830 – Queen Isabella II of Spain (d. 1904)

1834 – Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author (d. 1872)

1837 – Robert Gould Shaw, American Army officer (d. 1863)

1861 – Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, Nobel laureate (d. 1930)

1863 – Louis Cyr, French Canadian strongman (d. 1912)

1863 – Helen Dunbar, American actress (d. 1933)

1864 – T. Frank Appleby, United States Congressman from New Jersey (d. 1924)

1870 – Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin, Russian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1953)

1870 – Louise Mack, Australian writer (d. 1935)

1884 – Ida Wüst, German actress (d. 1958)

1885 – Walter Anderson, German folklorist (d. 1962)

1889 – Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter, portraitist and art forgers (d. 1947)

1895 – Fridolf Rhudin Swedish actor and comedian (d. 1935)

1895 – Wolfram von Richthofen, German field marshal (d. 1945)

1898 – Lilly Daché, French-born milliner (d. 1989)

1900 – Helen Hayes, American actress (d. 1993)

1901 – Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (d. 1966)

1903 – Vernon Duke, American composer and songwriter (d. 1969)

1903 – Prince Charles of Belgium, Prince Regent of Belgium (d. 1983)

1903 – Bei Shizhang, Chinese biologist and educator (d. 2009)

1906 – Paul Creston, American composer (d. 1985)

1906 – R.K. Narayan, Indian novelist (d. 2001)

1908 – Johnny Green, American songwriter, arranger and conductor (d. 1989)

1908 – Mercè Rodoreda, Catalan novelist (d. 1983)

1909 – Robert F. Boyle, American production designer and art director (d. 2010)

1910 – Julius Shulman, American architectural photographer (d. 2009)

1911 – Clare Hollingworth, British journalist

1913 – Claude Simon, French writer, Nobel laureate (d. 2005)

1914 – Tommy Fine, American baseball player (d. 2005)

1914 – Ivory Joe Hunter, American R&B; singer (d. 1974)

1915 – Sweets Edison, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1999)

1917 – Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (d. 1982)

1919 – Willard Estey, Canadian justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (d. 2002)

1923 – Nicholas Parsons, English actor

1923 – Murray Walker, British motorsport commentator

1924 – James Clavell, Australian author (d. 1994)

1924 – Ludmilla Tchérina, French ballet dancer and actress (d. 2004)

1924 – Edward D. Wood, Jr., American filmmaker (d. 1978)

1925 – The Great Antonio, Croatian-Canadian strongman (d. 2001)

1926 – Richard Jaeckel, American actor (d. 1997)

1927 – Dana Elcar, American actor (d. 2005)

1928 – Sheila F. Walsh, English novelist (d. 2009)

1929 – Herb Levinson, American actor

1930 – Eugenio Castellotti, Italian race car driver (d. 1957)

1930 – Yves Chauvin, French chemist, Nobel laureate

1930 – Harold Pinter, English playwright, Nobel laureate (d. 2008)

1930 – Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet (d. 1970)

1932 – Harry Smith, English footballer

1933 – Jay Sebring, American hair stylist and Manson murder victim (d. 1969)

1935 – André Bureau, French Canadian communications executive

1935 – Abu Jihad, Founder of the Palestinian group Fatah (d. 1988)

1936 – Gerhard Ertl, German surface chemist, Nobel laureate, 2007.

1938 – Moriyama Daido, Japanese photographer

1939 – Joseph Pitts, American politician

1940 – Winston Spencer-Churchill, British politician (d. 2010)

1941 – Peter Coyote, American actor

1942 – Radu Vasile, Romanian Prime Minister

1943 – Frederick Barthelme, American author

1946 – Charles Dance, English actor

1946 – Mildred Grieveson (aka: Anne Mather, Caroline Fleming, Cardine Fleming), English writer

1946 – Naoto Kan, Japanese politician

1946 – Peter Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player

1946 – John Prine, American singer

1946 – Chris Tarrant, English TV presenter

1946 – Ben Vereen, American actor

1947 – Martin Ruane, English professional wrestler (d. 1998)

1948 – Séverine, French singer

1948 – Ed Volker, American musician

1949 – Ioannis Glavakis, Greek politician

1950 – Nora Roberts, American novelist

1951 – Epeli Ganilau, Fijian statesman

1953 – Midge Ure, Scottish musician

1953 – Gus Williams, American basketball player

1954 – Mohamed Mounir, Egyptian musician

1954 – Rekha, Bollywood actress

1954 – David Lee Roth, American singer (Van Halen)

1954 – Patric Zimmerman, American voice actor

1956 – Amanda Burton, Northern Irish actress

1956 – Mark Gordon, American film producer

1957 – Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese artist

1958 – Tanya Tucker, American singer

1959 – Kirsty MacColl, English singer (d. 2000)

1959 – Julia Sweeney, American actress, comedian, and author

1959 – Bradley Whitford, American actor

1960 – Ron Flockhart, Canadian ice hockey player

1960 – Eric Martin, American singer (Mr. Big)

1960 – Simon Townshend, British rock guitarist

1961 – Jodi Benson, American voice actress

1961 – Henrik Jørgensen, Danish marathon runner

1961 – Martin Kemp, British musician (Spandau Ballet) and actor

1963 – Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer (d. 2003)

1963 – Jolanda de Rover, Dutch swimmer

1963 – Vegard Ulvang, Norwegian cross-country skier.

1964 – Quinton Flynn, American voice actor

1964 – Sarah Lancashire, English actress

1964 – Daniel Pearl, American journalist (d. 2002)

1965 – Chris Penn, American actor (d. 2006)

1965 – Rebecca Pidgeon, American actress

1965 – Toshi, Japanese singer (X Japan)

1966 – Tony Adams, English footballer

1966 – Bai Ling, Chinese American actress

1966 – Derrick McKey, American basketball player

1967 – Jonathan Littell, French-American writer

1967 – Mike Malinin, American drummer (Goo Goo Dolls)

1967 – Gavin Newsom, American politician

1968 – Bart Brentjens, Dutch mountain biker

1968 – DJ Skribble, American DJ, producer, remixer, radio personality and actor

1969 – Francis Escudero, Filipino senator

1969 – Brett Favre, American football player

1969 – Shawn "Thunderbird" Jamison, American basketball coach and ex Harlem Globetrotter

1969 – Wendi McLendon-Covey, American actress

1969 – Dilsa Demirbag Sten, Swedish author and journalist

1970 – Dean Kiely, Irish footballer

1970 – Silke Kraushaar-Pielach, German luger

1970 – Corinna May, German singer

1970 – Mohammed Mourhit, Belgian athlete

1970 – Matthew Pinsent, English rower

1971 – Ian Bennett, English footballer

1971 – Evgeny Kissin, Russian pianist

1972 – Russell Hantz, American Survivor Contestant

1972 – Jun Lana, Filipino playwright and screenwriter

1972 – Dean Roland, American guitarist (Collective Soul)

1972 – Alexei Zhitnik, Russian ice hockey player

1973 – Mario López, American actor

1973 – Semmy Schilt, Dutch kickboxer

1973 – Zach Thornton, American soccer player

1974 – Assi Cohen, Israeli comedian and actor

1974 – Julio Ricardo Cruz, Argentinian footballer

1974 – Dale Earnhardt Jr, American racecar driver

1974 – Chris Pronger, Canadian ice hockey player

1975 – Ramón Morales, Mexican footballer

1975 – Plácido Polanco, Dominican baseball player

1975 – Ihsahn, Norwegian Musician (Emperor band)

1975 – Azlan McLennan, Australian artist

1976 – Bob Burnquist, Brazilian-born skateboarder

1976 – Pat Burrell, American baseball player

1976 – Shane Doan, Canadian ice hockey player

1978 – Scott Dobie, Scottish footballer

1978 – Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, American actress

1979 – Mya Harrison, American singer

1979 – Nicolás Massú, Chilean tennis player

1979 – Joel Przybilla, American basketball player

1979 – Wu Chun, Brunei born Taiwanese actor and singer

1979 – Ahn Chil Hyun (Kangta), lead singer of the former South Korean group H.O.T.

1980 – Blaž Emeršič, Slovenian ice hockey player

1980 – Casey FitzSimmons, American football player

1980 – Elvis Hammond, Ghanaian footballer

1980 – Tim Maurer, American singer (Suburban Legends)

1980 – Sherine, Egyptian singer

1981 – Una Healy, Irish singer (The Saturdays)

1981 – Michael Oliver, American actor

1982 – Amon Buchanan, Australian rules footballer

1982 – Hideki Mutoh, Japanese racing driver

1983 – Vusimuzi Sibanda, Zimbabwean cricketer

1983 – Nikos Spiropoulos, Greek footballer

1983 – Tolga Zengin, Turkish football player

1984 – Stephanie Cheng, Hong Kong singer

1984 – Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress

1984 – Paul Posluszny, American football player

1984 – Troy Tulowitzki, American baseball player

1985 – Dominique Cornu, Belgian professional cyclist

1985 – Marina Diamandis, Welsh singer/songwriter

1986 – Nathan Jawai, Australian basketball player

1986 – Ezequiel Garay, Argentine footballer

1987 – Ryan Mathews, American football player

1987 – Colin Slade, New Zealand rugby player

1989 – Aimee Teegarden, American actress

1991 – Gabriella Cilmi, Australian singer

1991 – Mariana Espósito, Argentine actress, singer and model

1991 – Manuel Giandonato, Italian fotballer

1991 – Xherdan Shaqiri, Swiss fotballer

1993 – Jayden Stockley, English footballer

Deaths

19 – Germanicus, Roman general (b. 15 BC)

680 – Husayn ibn Ali, Shi'a Imam, Muhammad's grandson (b. 626)

732 – Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Moorish Governor of Andalusia

1359 – King Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295)

1459 – Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist and classicist (b. 1380)

1659 – Abel Tasman, Dutch explorer (b. 1603)

1674 – Thomas Traherne, English poet

1691 – Isaac de Benserade, French poet (b. 1613)

1708 – David Gregory, Scottish mathematician (b. 1659)

1714 – Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (b. 1646)

1720 – Antoine Coysevox, French sculptor (b. 1640)

1723 – William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1665)

1725 – Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor-General of New France (b. 1643)

1747 – John Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1674)

1759 – Granville Elliott, British military officer (b. 1713)

1765 – Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1688)

1795 – Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian theologian and historian (b. 1714)

1806 – Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, German prince (b. 1772)

1827 – Ugo Foscolo, Italian writer (b. 1778)

1837 – Charles Fourier, French philosopher (b. 1772)

1872 – William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State (b. 1801)

1875 – Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian novelist, poet and dramatist (b. 1817)

1876 – Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist (b. 1814)

1893 – Lip Pike, American baseball player (b. 1845)

1901 – Lorenzo Snow, fifth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1814)

1911 – Jack Daniel, American Distiller and the founder of Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey distillery (b. 1846 or 1850)

1913 – Katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1848)

1913 – Adolphus Busch, American brewer (Anheuser-Busch) (b. 1839)

1914 – King Carol I of Romania (b. 1839)

1922 – Andreas Karkavitsas, Greek writer (b. 1866)

1927 – Gustave Whitehead, German-born inventor (b. 1874)

1930 – Adolf Engler, German botanist (b. 1844)

1940 – Berton Churchill, Canadian actor (b. 1876)

1948 – Ted Horn, American race car driver (b. 1910)

1953 – Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand judge (b. 1884)

1957 – Karl Genzken, Nazi physician (b. 1885)

1963 – Roy Cazaly, Australian rules footballer (b. 1893)

1964 – Eddie Cantor, American singer and vaudeville performer (b. 1892)

1964 – Heinrich Neuhaus, Soviet pianist (b. 1888)

1970 – Édouard Daladier, French politician (b. 1884)

1971 – John Cawte Beaglehole, New Zealand historian (b. 1901)

1973 – Ludwig von Mises, Austrian economist (b.1881)

1976 – Silvana Armenulic, Yugoslavian folk singer (b. 1939)

1977 – Angelo Muscat, Maltese actor (b. 1930)

1978 – Ralph Marterie, American big band leader (b. 1914)

1978 – Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete (b. 1910)

1979 – Christopher Evans, British psychologist and computer scientist (b. 1931)

1979 – Paul Paray, French conductor (b. 1886)

1982 – Jean Effel, French painter and journalist (b. 1908)

1983 – Ralph Richardson, English actor (b. 1902)

1985 – Yul Brynner, Russian-born actor (b. 1920)

1985 – Orson Welles, American director and actor (b. 1915)

1986 – Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist (b. 1899)

1990 – Tom Murton, American penologist (b. 1928)

1990 – Nikolaos Pavlopoulos, Greek sculptor and writer (b. 1909)

1991 – Mickey Hirschl, Austrian wrestler (b. 1906)

1998 – Clark Clifford, United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1906)

1998 – Tommy Quaid, Irish hurler (b. 1957)

2000 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1916)

2001 – Eddie Futch, American boxing trainer (b. 1911)

2001 – Vasily Mishin, Soviet rocket designer (b. 1917)

2002 – Teresa Graves, American actress and singer (b. 1948)

2003 – Eugene Istomin, American pianist (b. 1925)

2004 – Ken Caminiti, American baseball player (b. 1963)

2004 – Christopher Reeve, American actor (b. 1952)

2004 – Arthur H. Robinson, American cartographer (b. 1915)

2004 – Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand writer (b. 1932)

2005 – Wayne Booth, American literary critic (b. 1921)

2005 – Milton Obote, President of Uganda (b. 1925)

2006 – Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist (b. 1932)

2006 – Ian Scott, Canadian politician (b. 1934)

2007 – Mehmed Uzun, contemporary Kurdish writer and novelist (b. 1953)

2008 – Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (b. 1947)

2009 – Stephen Gately, Irish singer (Boyzone) (b. 1976)

2010 – Solomon Burke, American singer (b. 1940)

2010 – Joan Sutherland, Australian operatic soprano (b. 1926)

Holidays and observances

Arbor Day (Poland)

Christian Feast Day:

* Cerbonius

* Paulinus of York (in England)

* Viktor of Xanten

* October 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Double Ten Day, celebrates outbreak of the Wuchang Insurgence that led to founding of the Republic of China in 1911

Fiji Day, celebrates the independence of Fiji from United Kingdom in 1970

Finnish Literature Day (Finland)

Independence Day, commemorates the proclamation of Cuba' independence from Spain and the beginning of the Ten Years' War in 1868.

Moi Day (Kenya)

Party Foundation Day (North Korea)

World Day Against Death Penalty (International)

World Mental Health Day (International)

External links

BBC: On This Day

On This Day in Canada

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fullname	Taarak Mehta

Taarak Mehta is an Indian columnist/journalist best known for the column ''Duniya Ne Undha Chasma'' in Gujarati Language. The humorous weekly column first appeared in Chitralekha in March 1971 and ever since has been looking at contemporary issues from a different perspective. In 2008 SAB TV, a popular entertainment channel in India, started a show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah that is based on the column. Taarak Mehta is against translating his column for the English-speaking readers. “Idioms lose meaning. My columns can be adapted but not translated,” he said in an interview to The Statesman newspaper in India.

Bibliography

Duniya ne Oondha Chashmah

Aa Duniya Panjarapole

Action Reply ½

Albelun America Vanthelun America

Bagicha Ni Hadvi Havama

Bahero Hase Be Vay...!

Champaklal Tapuni Jugalbandhi

Betaj Batali Baj Popatlal Taraj

Taarak mehta ka oolta chashmah

References

http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=26&id;=245516&usrsess;=1 publisher= The Statesman | accessdate=2009-04-20

http://www.glamsham.com/dramas/features/tarak_mehta.pdf - contains a lot of information about Tarak Mehta

Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

name	Scotty McCreery
background	solo_singer
alt	Young brown-haired man, wearing a red plaid shirt and singing.
Birth name	Scott Cooke McCreery
birth date	October 09, 1993
birth place	Garner, North Carolina, U.S.
genre	Country
instrument	Vocals, guitar
occupation	Singer
label	19/Interscope/Mercury Nashville
years active	2010–present
Website	Official Site }}

Scott Cooke "Scotty" McCreery (born October 9, 1993) is an American country singer from Garner, North Carolina, who won the tenth season of ''American Idol'' on May 25, 2011.

Early life

McCreery was born in 1993 to Judy (née Cooke) and Michael McCreery in Garner, North Carolina. His mother works as a realtor, and his father works as a manufacturing systems analyst. His father was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico to a Puerto Rican mother from San Juan and an American father. McCreery used to impersonate Elvis as a child, and started learning guitar at age ten. He attended West Lake Middle School and sang at his graduation. He also attended Garner Magnet High School where he joined a vocal ensemble, Die Meistersingers, that performs across the United States. He started out singing tenor but switched to bass when his voice turned lower in his sophomore year. He won a singing contest called "Clayton Idol" at the Clayton Harvest Festival in Clayton, North Carolina, and was one of 36 finalists in a "Rip the Hallways" contest featuring teenage vocalists in North Carolina. He has performed at various local events. Scotty often states that his faith plays a big role in his life and that God helps him get through the things he has to face He openly tells others that he loves Jesus Christ with all of his heart and that he needs to stand by him all the time because God is the only way he can get through the competition. He also states that Sunday is his favorite day of the week because he gets to go to the First Baptist Church in Garner and helps his mother cook. He also attended Caswell Youth Retreat in the summer of 2009. He participated in the talent show there singing Long Black Train by Josh Turner.

''American Idol''

Overview

McCreery auditioned for the tenth season of ''American Idol'' in Milwaukee. The judges were struck by his deep bass voice unusual for his age. In the Hollywood group round, he joined the "Guaps" and became embroiled in the drama when fellow group member Clint Jun Gamboa expelled Jacee Badeaux from the group. He later expressed regret for not standing up for Jacee. He was one of the five male vote getters in the semi-final round to advance to the Top 13. In an interview with Ryan Seacrest, McCreery confirmed that he has Puerto Rican ancestry. "Yes, I'm Puerto Rican," said McCreery with a smile. "I have a little bit of J.Lo in me." McCreery was never in the bottom 2 or 3 during the season joining past winners Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, and Lee DeWyze. During Scotty's top 3 homecoming day, Garner Mayor Ronnie Williams gave Scotty the key to the town of Garner and officially made May 14 "Scotty McCreery Day." McCreery won the tenth season of American Idol on May 25, 2011. At age 17, he is the second youngest ''Idol'' winner behind season 6 winner Jordin Sparks.

Performances/Results

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" !Episode !Theme !Song choice !Original artist !Order # !Result |- |rowspan="2"|Audition |rowspan="2"|Auditioner's Choice |"Your Man" |Josh Turner |rowspan="2"|N/A |rowspan="2"|Advanced |- |"Put Some Drive in Your Country" |Travis Tritt |- |Hollywood Round, Part 1 |First Solo |"Your Man" |Josh Turner |N/A |Advanced |- |Hollywood Round, Part 2 |Group Performance |"Get Ready" |The Temptations |N/A |Advanced |- |Hollywood Round, Part 3 |Second Solo |"I Hope You Dance" |Lee Ann Womack |N/A |Advanced |- |Las Vegas Round |Songs of The Beatles Group Performance |"Hello, Goodbye" |The Beatles |N/A |Advanced |- |Hollywood Round Final |Final Solo |"Long Black Train" |Josh Turner |N/A |Advanced |- |Top 24 (12 Men) |Personal Choice |"Letters from Home" |John Michael Montgomery |8 |Advanced |- |Top 13 |Your Personal Idol |"The River" |Garth Brooks |12 |Safe |- |Top 12 |Year You Were Born |"Can I Trust You with My Heart" |Travis Tritt |8 |Safe |- |Top 11 |Motown |"For Once in My Life" |Stevie Wonder |7 |Safe |- |Top 11 |Elton John |"Country Comfort" |Elton John |1 |Safe |- |Top 9 |Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |"That's All Right" |Arthur Crudup |6 |Safe |- |Top 8 |Songs from the Movies |"I Cross My Heart" — ''Pure Country'' |George Strait |4 |Safe |- |Top 7 |Songs from the 21st Century |"Swingin'" |John Anderson |1 |Safe |- |rowspan="2"|Top 6 |rowspan="2"|Carole King |Solo "You've Got a Friend" |Carole King |4 |rowspan="2"|Safe |- |Duet "Up on the Roof" with Lauren Alaina |The Drifters |6 |- |rowspan="2"|Top 5 |rowspan="2"|Songs from Now and Then |"Gone" |Montgomery Gentry |4 |rowspan="2"|Safe |- |"Always on My Mind" |Brenda Lee |9 |- |rowspan="2"|Top 4 |Songs That Inspire |"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" |Alan Jackson |3 |rowspan="2"|Safe |- |Leiber & Stoller Songbook |"Young Blood" |The Coasters |7 |- |rowspan="3"|Top 3 |Contestant's Choice |"Amazed" |Lonestar |1 |rowspan="3"|Safe |- |Jimmy Iovine's Choice |"Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not" |Thompson Square |4 |- |Judges' Choice |"She Believes in Me" |Kenny Rogers |7 |- |rowspan="3"|Finale |Favorite Performance |"Gone" |Montgomery Gentry |1 |rowspan="3"|Winner |- |George Strait's Choice |"Check Yes or No" |George Strait |3 |- |Coronation Song |"I Love You This Big" |Scotty McCreery |5 |} Due to the judges using their one save on Casey Abrams, the Top 11 remained intact for another week, when two contestants were eliminated.

Post-''Idol''

Scotty released his coronation single "I Love You This Big" immediately after winning the tenth season of ''American Idol''. The song entered the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart at number 32, becoming the highest debut for a debut single since the chart converted to BDS data the week of January 20, 1990. The song sold 171,404 units in its first week, and was certified gold on August 25, 2011. A music video for the song, shot on Angels Point near Dodger Stadium, was released on August 9 2011.

He signed with Mercury Nashville, earning a contract that gave him over $250,000 in advances for recording the first album.

Both Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina were invited to present at the CMT Music Awards on June 8, 2011, and they also both performed on the Grand Ole Opry on June 10. McCreery performed "I Love You This Big" and a George Strait's song "Check Yes or No." Their trip to Nashville was also featured later in an ABC Special ''CMA Music Fest: Country’s Night to Rock'' where McCreery performed "Your Man" with Josh Turner at the CMA Music Festival.

McCreery is currently touring with the American Idols LIVE! Tour 2011, which began in West Valley City, Utah on July 6, 2011 and will end in Rochester, New York on September 10, 2011.

A special on Scotty McCreery will be aired on GAC on Oct 3 2011 to coincide with his debut album released the next day.

''Clear as Day'' (2011)

McCreery's first album, titled ''Clear as Day'', is scheduled to be released on October 4, 2011. Tracks from the album include a song from Keith Urban, and the title track "Clear as Day". A single from this album, "The Trouble With Girls" was premiered on radio on August 30, 2011, and released onto iTunes on September 1, 2011. An exclusive pre-order package on the album was offered in his website on August 8, 2011.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details
! scope="row"		* Release date: October 4, 2011	* Label:
Title	Details	Peak chart positions				Sales
		! width="40"	! width="40"	! width="40"	! width="40"
''American Idol Season 10:Scotty McCreery''		* Release date: May 24, 2011	* Label: 19/Interscope Records	Digital download">19 Entertainment

Compilation albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions				Sales
		! width="40"	! width="40"	! width="40"	! width="40"
''American Idol Season 10:Scotty McCreery''		* Release date: May 24, 2011	* Label: 19/Interscope Records	Digital download	3	12	3	25		* US sales: 37,000

Extended plays

Title	Details	Peak chart positions			Sales
		! width="45"	! width="45"	! width="45"
''American Idol Season 10Highlights: Scotty McCreery''		*Released: June 28, 2011	*Label: 19/Interscope Records/Mercury Nashville	*Formats: CD, digital download	2	10	26		* US: 156,000

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions			Sales	! rowspan="2"	Album
		! width="45"	! width="45"	! width="45"
	"I Love You This Big"A	15	11	21		*US: 546,000		Recording Industry Association of America>US: Gold
"The Trouble with Girls"B

^A Current single.

^B To be released.

Music videos

! Year	Video	! Director
2011	"I Love You This Big"	Shane Drake

Personal life

Scotty McCreery is a practicing Christian.

Awards and nominations

! Year	! Association	! Category	! Result
2011		Choice Music: Breakout Artist

References

External links

Official Site on Scotty McCreery

Scotty McCreery on ''American Idol''

Scotty McCreery on IMDb.com

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